John Ferraby

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John Ferraby (1914-1973) was a British Bahá'í born in a liberal Jewish family. He became a Bahá'í in 1941, and was elected as secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly, which he remained until 1959.

In October 1957 he was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi. From 1959 to 1963 he served as one of the nine Custodians at the Bahá'í World Centre in Haifa, Israel.

[edit] Works

  • Ferraby, John (1957). All Things Made New, Hardcover, London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN. 

[edit] References

  • Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude, Paperback, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-413-1. 


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